Construction Feature
Weather postpones Elliot Lake mall developmentAs March approached, everyone in Elliot Lake was eager to see the construction of the new shopping mall get started, but Mother Nature had other ideas in mind.J.I. Enterprises had to halt site
preparation after winter—longer and harsher than
anticipated—decided to stick around and throw a wrench into plans.
Blasting had to be put on hold, and the site developers decided to
work on a retaining wall instead. But even that proved difficult.“What they were finding was it would
take them 10 min...
Construction News
Provincial highway contracts awarded
Warm weather signals the start of
highway and bridge construction season in Northern Ontario.Pioneer Construction landed a $15.6
million contract to resurface 31 kilometres of the Trans-Canada
Highway, east of the 11-17 junction near Nipigon.The work, which began this month,
involves replacing ...
110-year-old dock gets much-needed repairsA familiar structure in Callander is
finally getting a much-needed refurbishment.
Matching contributions totalling $1.4
million from the federal and provincial governments, and the
municipality, will be used to repair the government dock. The
L-shaped structure has been a part of the communit...
New Liskeard flooring, wall product hits box shelvesProducts manufactured in a nondescript
downtown New Liskeard building are being shipped across North
America.It’s not a secret, but some people
might be surprised to find that a brand of subfloor tiles and wall
panels originate in the community.OvrX Manufacturing produces the
Barricade basemen...
Weather postpones Elliot Lake mall developmentAs March approached, everyone in Elliot Lake was eager to see the construction of the new shopping mall get started, but Mother Nature had other ideas in mind.J.I. Enterprises had to halt site
preparation after winter—longer and harsher than
anticipated—decided to stick around and throw a wrench ...
